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13 Facts About Marjorie Reynolds

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Marjorie Reynolds was an American film and television actress who appeared in more than 50 films, including the 1942 musical Holiday Inn, in which she and Bing Crosby introduced the song "White Christmas" in a duet, albeit with her singing dubbed.

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The daughter of a doctor and his wife, Reynolds was born Marjorie Goodspeed in Buhl, Idaho.

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Marjorie Reynolds acted under the names Marjorie Goodspeed and Marjorie Moore.

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Marjorie Reynolds began to take dancing lessons at age 4.

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Marjorie Reynolds went on to appear in bit parts in many films, including Gone with the Wind and as a chorus girl in Paramount Pictures musicals.

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Marjorie Reynolds's first speaking role was in Murder in Greenwich Village and she then appeared in a number of westerns for Poverty Row studios opposite most of the cowboy stars of the time with the exception of Gene Autry.

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Marjorie Reynolds played the loyal girlfriend opposite wrongly accused Richard Cromwell in Enemy Agent.

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That same year, in The Fatal Hour, Marjorie Reynolds appeared for Monogram Pictures as a reporter on the trail of Boris Karloff's detective James Lee Wong and opposite Grant Withers as a cop.

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Marjorie Reynolds performed the song both as a duet with Bing Crosby and later in a solo performance, although her singing was dubbed by Martha Mears.

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Marjorie Reynolds had major roles in Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear and in the movie Up in Mabel's Room.

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Marjorie Reynolds starred with Abbott and Costello in the supernatural comedy The Time of Their Lives, one of the few films with Abbott and Costello as leads but not together as a team.

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Marjorie Reynolds later appeared in the NBC version of the television series The Life of Riley and appeared on three episodes of the television series Leave it to Beaver.

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Marjorie Reynolds has a star in the Television section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1525 Vine Street.